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Unbiasing yourselves

By Bamboo In The Wind

It's unimaginable that we act with bias. It's so ingrained in us to act with our pre-conceived notions that they become the only acceptable ways of doing things. Right from childhood, we are told what is right and wrong.

Through the constant process of judgment, we take sides of what we deem right or wrong. There is little evidence of why certain things are to be judged right or wrong. 

In addition, we also often think by sheer growing age we have enough experience to pass judgment about right or wrong.

Bias is an end result of our years of set thinking, unwillingness for external input,  our religious beliefs, our educational system, upbringing in our family settings, and what we draw from societal exposure.

Bias in any field and subject is presumptuous unless it's corroborated by relevant experience, evidence, and rational thinking.

Unbiasing ourselves thus is an important decision-making tool that strengthens our rational thinking. It takes efforts to question what historically has been viewed as right or wrong and clouds our rational thinking due to insufficient inquiry of our own beliefs, thoughts, and actions.

It's quite relieving to feel unbiased. Try thinking about bias and how to come out it with intent. You will experience the lifting of unnecessary weight we have been carrying forever.

Embark on unbiasing and see for yourself.

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